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IBM Torque conference: Australia

IBM have designed an industry roundtable where your thought leadership and that of your peers will be shared and you will have the opportunity to see how you measure and lead against the pack. You will be able to discuss cloud, mobility and security with a group of like minded IT professionals and ask for the opinions of IBM experts in attendance.

I'm leading roundtable discussion on mobile enterprise. The event is held in three cities over the course of a week:

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